Posts Tagged: catmint
The Skipper Wasn't Skipping
The skipper wasn't skipping.In fact, it wasn't doing much of anything. The fiery skipper butterfly...
Fiery skipper struggles to free itself in a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Head of fiery skipper shows the tangled sticky strands of a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Released fiery skipper ready to flutter away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cooperative Bee
If you want to attract honey bees in your garden, you can't go wrong by planting catmint (genus...
Honey bee working the catmint (Nepeta). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee atop catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a honey bee on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mint Condition
When the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven's grand opening celebration takes place on Saturday, Sept. 11,...
Bee and Catmint
Nectaring
Catching Up with a Leafcutter Bee
Leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), so named because they cut leaves and petals to line their nests,...
Caught in Flight
Sip of Nectar
Chasing Carder Bees
When this insect flashes by you in your garden, at first glance you think: "Yellow jacket? Paper...
Female carder bees
Sipping Nectar
Carding
The Evidence
Love on a Catmint